So, with the constant want of going faster, we took the decision to make some major mods now, rather than just put the new motor back.  It’s going to mean missing at least the first half of the season, but the aim again for this year is a 1st outright – again, Meelup is the target.

So, JC came over one day, and look what he made me do!

So, let the fun begin…..

The poor old red top gets 8000rpm, time and time again, and as she’s now 18 years old, its time for her to be retired.

Each event at the end of 2010 was putting more and more oil into the catch tank, where as at the start of 2010, it would not put a single drop in there.

So, after changing my mind 34, 546, 286 times, I went for an S15 blacktop.

Here it is, after having the mj treatment for the “full race spec” treatment for completely stock motors 🙂

For the Meelup 2010 Hillclimb, JC and I started with some aero fun.  Most it was just an experiment on if we could actually get good gains from it.

2 seconds faster than last year!  2nd outright – not real impressed, I was going for the win.

But I was 100% committed for the whole run, so nothing more I could have done……

Next time…

It was around this time that Neil and I started building new suspension arms for the rear.

Around 2 years later, I finally had them on the car!

We got a good amount of speed from the car by freeing up the rear end.

The strip, and cage…

Cutting out the floor hump, to lower the passenger seat as much as possible.

The bare cage, just back from Mark Bourne.

Old roof removed (had sunroof)

Plus lots more work (3 months in total)

Then, finally, finished

The first phase of developments were all under the skin, upgrading brakes, diff, suspension, intercooler, ecu etc etc etc…

Did a lot of racing at MC, and other motorkhana’s during this phase of her life.  I wanted to go and run some hillclimbs and other event through the tree’s, but wanted to get a cage in her first.

I have the inability to drive at anything less than 110%, anything less doesn’t excite me, so I wanted to beef up the safety so that the day I do go off, I’ll be safe(er).

After winning the Clubman Cup Rally championship in 2001, the car was sold with the hope of upgrading to a 4wd turbo rally car.

With building a house and not having enough money to run a car at the front of the state championship outright field it was time to look at new challenges – plus we needed a second road car…

It was during September 2003 when she was purchased.  Apart from the ugly rims, she was in exceptional condition for her age.

It almost makes me sad to look at her today, she’s very tatty now, although she’s sooooo much faster now.